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TOUGH LOVE FOR BUSINESS — 376 episodes
Mindset Truth Bomb
When a $50 problem becomes a $500 problem
What is business coaching
The Messy Middle
Does rejection equal failure
My business grew now what do I do with my time?
Changes at $5 million in revenue
Big Company Disease
Earned Freedom
A Rant About Dumb Things People Do
Fear of Success
What will you do differently this year
Planting vs Harvesting
Have you given up on your dreams and goals already
What will people think?
Marketing Lessons From Popeye
Decoy Pricing
Behavioral Economics
Coaching, training and marketing are competitive advantage
Improve your business by selling to better customers
Learnings from conference
How will your comfort zone lead you astray
Getting out of your comfort zone has to feel weird
Developing your people
How to grow your business without effing it up
What would you do differently when starting your business
Start with results
Making excuses or reasons
Decision Fatigue
Learnings from the summer-Recharge
Business longevity
Meeting rhythm for your business
Simplify Your Business
Spend money to make money
What's the point of being in business
The Brutal Scan
Do you want to scale profitably
Are you thinking about your business as an asset
Kongo Gumi – family owned for over 1300 years
Surprise topic of the day: Choosing Busy
What is the result of lack of management training
Is your business being stolen?
What opportunities are staring you in the face today?
When Communication is Better Life is Better
Building Trust in Your Organization
The Trust Recession
Hanging On To Employees Too Long
Questions To Ask Your Boss
Management Skill Gap
Imposter Syndrome
The Hero's Journey
Downside of Growth
Coaching As a Competitive Advantage
We Are A Mirror For Others
Your Thoughts Are Reflected in Your Business
The Growth Journey
Reality is Joy
Worry Less and Trust More
The Point is Money
Are you self aware?
Do you know your company's strategic vision
AI does not replace your brain
Leadership challenges - targeted networking
Willingness to sell-employees time
Strategic plan vs Strategy stick
Business is a game and should be fun
Scaling Up Your Business
Be consistent instead of occasionally outstanding
Whatever the problem the most likely reason is you
It's the beginning of the year, anything can happen
I'm out of sorts, now what?
Entrepreneur Ladder: Owner/Investor/Entrepreneur
Entrepreneur Ladder: Self-Employed/Manager/Director
Entrepreneur Ladder: Student/Employee
Hot Tub Time Machine
What to focus on no matter the election outcome
Who's The Rainmaker in Your Business
You're Working Way Too Hard
Leading in Trying Times
The Entrepreneur Ladder
When personal issues affect your business
Employee Growth Vs Fixed Mindset
How to build a leadership bench
What is the difference between an employee who challenges you and a challenging employee
What would you get if you were a great leader?
Start With The End In Mind
Planning For The Results You Want
Freedom Through Business
How Should a Business Owner Use Their Time
Dreambuilding and Goal Setting
Learn Before You Earn
My Anxiety Is Real
Busting Myths About Hiring
Creating C Players
Law of Connection and Law of Attraction
Fun
Is holding someone accountable mean?
Objection: I need to think about it
Price Objections
Networking 2.0
What is your competitive edge?
What is a professional business owner
Everything you ever need is within you
What do you want out of life
Every Outcome is the Platform for My Future Success
The Formula For Success
Expand Your Mindset to Get to Your Goals
Boredom as business owners
Busyness vs Business
Entropy In Business
Referral Require Consistent Experience
Asking For The Sale
Scripting in your sales process
Purpose Statement in Selling
Skill of Selling Stuff
Natural Law of Entropy
Mindset
Perturbation
How to introduce change to your employees–
How to navigate change in your business
How to influence the customer buying journey
There's Got to Be Something More For My Business
Do you want a championship team?
Setting Clear Expectations
Tale from the Front: Erin Ogden Managing Partner Ogden Glazer + Schaefer
Where Are You Making Excuses in Your Business?
The Peak-End Effect
Who's Coaching You?
Don't Do Stupid Stuff
Ask Your People How They'd Like to be Managed
Leading Through Crisis
Paying Taxes
Good Vs Bad Debt
Fast Growth Requires Cash
Commercial Profitable Enterprise That Works Without You
Mind Or Brain
Failing Fast
Responding to Surprises
Where Do You Want to Go and Where are the Gaps?
The Five Deadly Words in Business
Management Systems
We're All Playing a Bigger Game
What Do You Want Your Business to Do for You?
Year End Planning
The Long Arc of Time
One Person Can Sink the Whole Ship
When Employees Feel Like You Don't Care
Surprise!
Setting Goals Even If Your Busy
Resilience
Marketing - Back to Basics
Why Choose Happy?
Are You Better Today Than You Were Last Month, Last Year?
Where Are You Going? What is Your Plan?
Chaos in the Streets
What Would a Great 2024 Look Like for Your Business?
Why Set a Business Budget?
Hiring is Marketing
Four Hour Hiring Process
Pick Up the Phone and Call
Beliefs about Networking for Money
Up Your Game As a Business Owner
Networking for Business
Systems, Scale and People
When Business Partners Want Different Things
Everyone Can Build Wealth
Breaking Through to the Next Level of You
We Want to Interview You on Our Podcast!
Delegation vs Growth
Point of Power
What is Perturbation?
Creating Goals That Excite You
What is Business Coaching?
The Gap and The Gain
Results vs Time
Effective Management Using a Management System
How Do I Manage People?
Communication in a Family Business
Finances in a Family Business
Conflict Resolution in a Family Business
The Professionally Managed (Family) Business
Long Term Succession Planning in a Family Business
Defining Roles in Family-Owned Businesses
Formalized Processes for Family-Owned Businesses
Family Dynamics in Family Business
Succession Planning in Family Business
Emotions of Business
Connecting the Dots for Your Team
The Effect of "I KNOW" on Your Business
The Hockey Stick Affect
Need vs Want
Spending Too Much Time with D Level Customers
16 Cylinders of High Performance
Growing into the role of owner or top executive
Practical tips to move from doer to owner
Business Owner vs Business Doer
Owners Work Mindset
Culture Point - Referral
Culture Point - Abundance
Culture Point - Gratitude
Culture Point - Consistency
Culture Point - Systems (Part 2)
Culture Point -Systems Pt 1
Culture Point - Fun
Culture Point - Balance
Why is culture in a business so important?
Culture Point - Teamwork
Culture Point - Education
Culture Point - Communication
Consistency and Expectations
Culture Point - Excellence
Culture Point-Integrity
Culture Point - Ownership
Culture Point - Commitment
Intentionally Choosing the Values You Want to Live By
If Wealth Were Easy, Would You Go For It?
Hard Vs Easy
Keep Momentum and Take Vacations
Speed is Life
Start to Design Your Life Intentionally
Worry IS NOT a Management Method
Bucket List Travel Destinations
Cope or Thrive
Listening Traps
Seeing Things From Another Point of View
Boredom in Business
Designing the Life You Want
Having Fun in Business
Legacy Leadership
Partnership Communication
Perturbation
Ranting About Service from a Customer Point of View
Is Your Social Media Strategy Effective?
Who Are Your Most Valuable and Most Costly Customers
Will Your Customers Make Referrals?
What is Your Customer Retention Rate?
How effectively do employees generate revenue in your business?
What is your pricing strategy?
Is your cash flow positive?
Which parts of your business are not profitable
How does your business generate net income?
What Problems Does Your Business Solve?
Efficient vs Effective
Ownership, The Art of Giving
Accountability
Responsibility
The Change Within Us Helps Get Us What We Want
Beliefs - The Encourager or Limiter?
The 6 inches between your ears determines your future
How to get what you want using affirmations
Hidden Money In Your Business
Blame Keeps You In The Past
Back to Basics
How Does Making Excuses Hold You Back?
How Denial Here and Now Affects the Future
Faster Feedback, Faster Results
Intentional Hiring
Steps to Create Your Culture
How a Hospitality Business has Remained Fully Staffed
What Today's Leaders Can Learn from the Younger Generation
Key #6 to a Winning Team: 100% Involvement and Inclusion
Key #5 to a Winning Team: Support Risk Taking
Key #4 to a Winning Team: Action Plans
Key #3 to a Winning Team: Rules of the Game
Key #2 to a Winning Team: Common Goals
Key #1 to a Winning Team: A Strong Leader
Getting and Retaining Employees
Misconceptions of Becoming a Better Leader
4 Factors of Decision-Making
Useless Investment in Social Media Marketing
6 S's of Experiential Marketing
6 C'S Of Leading
6 Principles of Influence
Membership and Subscription is the Future
Same But Different in Marketing
Reasons why it can't happen now...or can it?
Ladder of Adult Learning
Goal Accomplishing depends on where you're at right now
How do you become good at goal setting?
What is future pacing with regard to goal setting?
Are you or your business stuck?
Systematize the routine Humanize the exception
Business can be an Infinite Game
Are you hiring for results or just a list of skills?
Which business mistakes warrant our time and focus?
Is your team focused on the right competitor?
Lesson learned from 10 years as a business owner
How do you become an A-Level business
What Company Characteristics are Important to Hire and Retain?
Creating an Enemy
Distraction Zone
Marketing for Employees
3-Step Process for Getting the Results You Want- Part 2
3-Step Process for Getting the Results You Want- Part 1
Business Is The Greatest Game On The Planet
What's Your Purpose?
Generalized Fear And The Choices We Make
Don't Panic! Is The News Really Doom And Gloom For Business?
Greatest Hits: I Am's
Greatest Hits: IVVM: Idealize, Visualize, Verbalize and Materialize
Greatest Hits- Why Do I Need a Plan?
Greatest Hits: Why Have A Coach For Your Business?
Greatest Hits: Is Your Business Growing Or Dying Because It Isn't Staying The Same?
Greatest Hits: Are You Ready For The Next Normal?
Greatest Hits The Hiring Game, You Get The Employees You Deserve
Greatest Hits: Turn Fear Into Focus
Greatest Hits: Owner's 9 Block
Greatest Hits: Time Management vs Self-Management
Learnings from Donald Miller Building a StoryBrand
Lessons from The Change Doctor-Dr Michelle Rozen
Business lessons from Molly Bloom of Molly's Game
Learnings from Ken Schmidt from Harley Davidson
Going to conferences is like adding helium to your life
Learnings from Leaders Eat Last by Simon Sinek
Diary of a Fast Growing Company -Team
Diary of a Fast Growing Company-Leverage
Diary of a Fast Growing Company -Niche
Diary of a Fast Growing Company -Financials
Diary of a Fast Growing Company -Delivery
Diary of a Fast-Growing Company - Time
Diary of a Fast-Growing Company-Destination
How Do Beliefs About Money Affect Our Success?
Price For Value, Not Time
Staying on offense vs defense
Playing Your Game
Choosing Our Response
Small Actions That Create Big Momentum
Energetic Stack: How your energy affects others
3 Tips To Catalyze Greatness in People
Alignment-Why is it important?
The Performance Curve
I don't have time to train, it's easier to do it myself
People Smarter Than You Are
Unintended Consequences of Being A Great Business Owner
16 Cylinders of a High Performance Team
6 Steps To Massive Results
KPI vs Personal Best
Accounts Receivable is your money
Are you under the illusion you're too busy to sell?
Hiring Mistakes and how to fix them
Why having a great culture helps hire great employees
How the mission of your company helps in hiring great employees
You are the source of all your hiring problems
Hiring is a Red Ocean
Pruning the root system of your business
Hiring with and without business goals
How to gain momentum in 2022
Employees Might Not Want What You Want
Law of Displacement
Universal Law of Control
Business is too hard
How to hold people accountable
Law of the Lid
How to recognize buying signals
Are you unselling your prospects?
Being Late is a Choice
Business Lessons from Bucks and Packers
Better Communication: How to use verbal, visual and body language cues while on the phone
Do I have enough cash flow to hire at a competitive wage?
Business lessons from watching window cleaning
Business Lessons from an NBA Championship journey
What is a Unique Hiring Proposition or why should I work for you?
Leadership lessons to attract a championship team
Are you seeking perfection in your decision making? Stop it!
How can busy equal lazy in business?
Manifesting - I am's
Manifesting - You get more of what you focus on
Why do I need a plan?
Why have a coach for your business?
Is Your Business Growing or Dying?
Are you ready for the next normal
The Hiring Game
Turn Fear Into Focus for 2021
Are you working on the right things that will make you money?
Business Owners: What are you doing with your time?
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